Coin-controlled feeding apparatus for coin-controlled machines.



PATENTED NOV.- 3, 1903.

' B.S.SGHEBLE. 00m CONTROLLED FEEDING APPARATUS FOR 00m CONTROLLED MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED SEYT. 23, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

VE TOR A Home fatented November 3,

PATENT OFEIc V EUGENE S. SOHEBLE,'OF'FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

COIN-CONTROLLED FEEDING APEARATU S FOR COIN-CONTROLLED MACHINES.

SPEGIFICATIONfQrmingpart of Letters ?a.tent No. 742,909, dated November 3, 1903. Application filed September 23,1902. SerialNo.124,597. (N0 model.)

My invention relates to an improved coin-.

feeding apparatus for coin-controlled machines, the object of the invention being to provide improvements of this character which will by magnetism hold or retain iron slugs and spurious coins and prevent their entrance into the machine.

with this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts,

as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in section on line x as of the same. Figs. 3 and at are views of the core-sections, and Figs. 5' and 6 are views in section on lines y y and z z, respectively, of Fig. 1.

1 represents a casing comprising a block of steel or other suitable material bored to receive a rotary core 2 and preferably of the shape shown to be secured over the coinentrances or chutes of a coin-controlled machine.

The casing 1 is provided in its outer face with slots 3 of just the size to receive the proper coins, and the casing is cut away or recessed above these'slots, as shown at 4, to provide finger-entrances to remove a coin when misplaced therein.

The core 2 is a cylindrical journal made preferably of two sections. One section is recessed, forming pockets 5 for the coins, and the other is recessed, as shown at .6, forming finger-entrances to give access to the coins in the pockets. The pockets in the core aline with the slots in the casing, the pockets being preferably slightly larger than the slots to permit the coins to freely pass therefrom through a slot at in the casing and into the coin-chutes of the machine. The core is made near oneend with an annular groove for the reception of a coiled spring 7, one end of which is secured to the core, and the other end projects through an opening 8 in the easing and is secured against slipping by a pin 9, passed through the spring outside the casing.

A screw 10 is screwed into the core and has its head movable in a slot 11 in the casing to limit the movement of the core, on the protruding contracted end of which latter a knob or handhold 11 is secured to facilitate turning the core.

As above stated, the core is composed, preferably, of two parts for convenience in forming the pockets and recesses, and the sections are secured together by pins 12 and screws 13. The core is magnetized,so that iron slugs and spurious coins will be held therein andnot fall into the machine, thus obviating fraud of this character.

In operation a 'coin is placed in its proper slot and falls into a pocket in the core. The knob is then turned to dropthe coin through slot a into the machine chute, when the spring returns the'core to its normal position. If an iron slug or spurious coin is placed in the core, the magnetism of the latterwill hold the same and prevent it from falling into the machine, hence returning it in the pocket when brought back to its normal position by the spring.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts'described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and henceI do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what 'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A coin-feeding apparatus, comprising a casing having a series of finger-slots and passages for the discharge of the coins into a receptacle, of a permanently-magnetized rotary core having a series of pockets of different widths for coins of different denominations, the outer portion of each pocket being formed as a finger-slot, the pockets in the casing and core being arranged to aline with each other,

and means for imparting rotatable movement to the core, substantially as set forth.

2. A coin-feeding apparatus, comprising a casing having a series of finger-slots and passages for the discharge of coins into a receptacle, of a permanently-magnetized two-part rotary core, one section thereof being provided With finger-slots, and the other With coin-pockets of difierent widths for coins of IO difierent denominations, means for securing the two sections together, and means for iniparting rotatable movement to the core, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed. this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EUGENE S. SCHEBLE. WVitnesses:

'SELAH V. D. ToMKINs,

GEORGE R. BoURNE. 

